Combined nail-file and cuticle-knife.



A. HENKEL.

QUTIGLE KNIFE.

INED NAIL PILE AND APPLICATION FILED JAN. 13, 191,.

Patented Oct. 6, 1914.

duryua AUGUST HENKEE, or NEWARK, NEW JERSEY.

. v(.Z'OMIBINED NAIL-FILE AND CUTICLE-KN IFE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented oet. 6, 1914.

. Application mea January is, 1912. serial no. 670,974.

To all whom it may concem Be it known that '1,' AUGUST HENKEL, a citizen of the United States, residing at Newark, in the county of Essex and State of New Jersey have invented new and useful Improvements in Combined N ail-F iles and Cuticle-Knives, of which `the following is a specication. Y

The invention relates to manicure implements and has for an object to provide an implement embodying a nail filev and cutlcle blade. f 4

The invention embodies, among other features, a blade having a nail ile thereon, the said blade being movable on a casmg on which is mounted a cuticle blade, the first mentioned blade being movable toja'ctuate the cuticle blade'for the purpose of moving the sameinto oriout of the casing and locking the same in open position.

My invention further embodies a device in which the nail lel can be used independently of the cuticle blade, the cuticle blade being in this instance folded within the cas-Y ing, thus obviating an danger to the user and protecting the cutlcle blade during the use of the nail file.

References to be had to the accom anying drawings vconstituting a part o this specification, in which -similar characters of reference denote correspondlng parts 1n all,

the views, and A:in which- Figure 1 is a perspective view of my device, showing the cuticle blade thereclr` in closed position. Fig. 2 is a faceview of my device showing the cuticle blade in open position. Fig. 3 is. ajfacek view' of the device,

the cuticle blade being' in closed Vposition and a portion of the casing being broken away to .disclose the underlying structure. Flg. 4 is a face view of the device, the cuticle blade being in open position with a portion of the casing being broken away to disclose the underlying structure. rFig. 5 isqa perspective view of the nail llile blade, detached from the casing. Fig.- Sis a perspective view of the cuticle blade detached from the casing..

, Referring more particularly to the views, l employ a blade 10 provided with 'a nail -le 11 and terminating at one end thereof in a pointed portion 12 and at the other end thereof in an integral shank 13 having a locking head 14 integrally formed 'on the outer end thereof, a cutv away portion 15 being provided adjacent the locklng head and vval1- integral tongue 16 beingarrangedto project out wardly from the blade 10 adjacent the .inner end of the shank 13. l A casing 17 having open ends and an open side, is piv- Aotally mounted on the blade 10 at the point 18 so that the tongue 16 will lie within the casing 17 and the shank 13 will act as a closure for the open side of the casing, the locking head 14 being adapted to project into the casing. Pivotally mounted on the casing 17 is a cuticle blade 19, the said cuticle bladebeing provided with notches 20, 21, the notch`20 being adapted to engage an end g; the casing to limit the outward movement the cuticle'blade and the notch 21 being adapted totbe engaged by the locking head 14 to lock the cuticle blade in open position, the free end of the said cuticle blade being adapted to liel over the tongue 16 when the cuticle blade is in closed position.

Now assuming that vthe cuticle blade' is in closed position as shown in Fig. 1, when it is desired to open the same, the casing 17 is swung on the cuticle blade 10 and this movement of the casing will cause the end of the tongue 16 to engage the free end ofi the cuticle bla-de 19 and move the same parvtially outward from the casing 17. rlhe outwardly projecting part of the cuticle blade 19 is nowv grasped bythe user and thev cuticle blade is swung into open position, it being understood'that the notch 20,' .en-

gaging a side of the casing, limits the outward movement of the knife. The casing is now swung toward the shank 13 so that the 4shank will lie within the casing with `the lockinghead 14 engaging the notch 21 to lock the cuticle blade 19 in open position, a'flanged portion 22 of the cuticle blade being received in the cut away portion 15, the

`cuticle blade being now in open and locked l positioned to;

position with the shank 13 close the open side of the casing 17.

When it is desired to move lthe cuticle blade into closed position, the Casing 17 iS swung away from the shank 13, after which the user grasps the free end of the cuticle .blade and moves the same to lparj'tialllly'closed o t e cuticleposition so that the free' en blade will lie between the shank 13 and the tongue. 16. The casing 17 is rthen swung toward the shank 13 and this movement of the casing will causeth back of the free end of the cuticle blade to be engaged by the inner side of the shank 13, thus moving the cuticle blade to a positie entirely within the, casing, with the lock ng head 14 enpositioned to close the open side of the casing, thus preventing any dirt or dust'from entering the casing as will 'be readily understood. 'From vthe foregoing description it will' be seen that the cuticle blade 19,' constituting one implement, is movable in a pluralityy of' directions on the casing 17 andginto locked position relatively to the casing, by the ac-v tion-of the blade 11 constituting a,I second implement, the second implement being ary.ranged-on the casing to movel thesflrst implement into opening osition, closed position or lock the# first lmplement''elatively to the casing. l ,i

lielaimz-a 'v ,1*.4k As' a new article of .manufacture,=a

combined nail le and euticle knife com-A prising a casing, anvimplement mounted toswing-onthe casing, and a second-implement y havingy independent pivotah connect-'1bn lwith t the casing and terminatinat one fend" in' 'spaced'l members, onev of sw ch vfisfi 4adapted v to,` engage the vfirst mentioned implement Y:when .the secondV mentioned .implement is first mentioned f mentioned implement is actuated Ato mOYe the first mentionedimplement into the said actuated, to move the first mentioned implement out of the casing, the said other spaced member being adapted to engage the implement when the second 2. As a 'new article of manufacture, a combined nail file and ,cuticle knife com-- prising a casing, Van implement-mounted to swing thereon, a second implement 4mounted to swing on the'casing, a tongue on the second implement and adapted to engage the irst mentioned implement to move. the same out of the casing, a shank o n the second implement and adapted to engage the first mentioned implement to move the same` into the casing, and a locking head formed with ltheY-'shanl for locking the. first mentioned implement in open position on the casing.

A In testimony whereof I aiix my signature infpresenceo two witnesses.

"AUGUST HENKEL.

Witnesses: I HERMANN FELDEN,

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